NYC Parks Events Calendar

Get up, get out, and do something! Just about any day of the year, you can find something fun, informative, and healthy to enjoy at an area park. Feel free to browse the listings below, or use the search tools to find an event that matches your interests and location.

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

at Perkins Visitors Center (in Wave Hill), Bronx

1:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m.Using an empty cereal box, paint, and LED light strings, make your own light box to recreate your favorite constellation and gaze at the stars all day long.Category: Arts & Crafts, Kids, School Break, Astronomy

at Poe Park Visitor Center (in Poe Park), Bronx

2:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m.Participants will create small Zen works of art in black and white. Learn Zentangle, and other meditative forms of art. Any color use will be minimal.Category: Arts & Crafts, ArtFree!

at Payson Center (in Inwood Hill Park), Manhattan

2:00 p.m.School is out! Get outside and get excited. Take the kids to the park to enjoy a variety of nature-related programs and activities with the Urban Park Rangers.Category: Nature, Kids, School Break, Kids' WeekFree!

2:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.Remembering is both a collective and a personal activity. In this exhibition, both are on display in relation to two World’s Fairs that took place in Flushing, Queens in…Category: Art, History

8:00 p.m.–9:30 p.m.Similar to regular basketball but played in a wheelchair. Participants must be physically disabled and able to play in a sports wheelchair. There are available sportschairs for use at…Category: Accessible, Fitness, Sports

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

at Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens

8:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.The annual Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition is a cornerstone of the park's visual arts program and is widely acclaimed for the ambition, breadth & innovation of the works on view.Category: Art, WaterfrontFree!

at Poe Park Visitor Center (in Poe Park), Bronx

8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.Celebrating the author's birthday with illustrations of his most important literary works, exhibiting at the Poe Park Visitor Center's gallery. The exhibit offers a selection…Category: Art, KidsFree!